..This article reports long-term trends by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES) in the percent of American students who are overweight and who engage in three health-related behaviors hypothesized to be associated with overweight...

The epidemiology of overweight and related lifestyle behaviors: racial/ethnic and socioeconomic status differences among American youth

..We compared trends in and correlates of marijuana use, cocaine use, and heavy alcohol use for adolescents of Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and other Latin American heritage in the United States...

..The findings of the present study reveal several important racial/ethnic differences in drug use and abuse that need to be considered when developing collegiate drug prevention and intervention efforts...

School physical activity environment related to student obesity and activity: a national study of schools and students

..This study characterized the extent to which youth depressive symptoms, parental alcohol problems, and parental drinking account for differences in alcohol-related problems among a large sample of adolescent females...

Parental perceptions of neighborhood effects in Latino Comunas: the script of "the Delinquent" in understanding drug use, violence, and social disorganization

Pilar HornerSchool of Social Work and Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USASubst Use Misuse 47:809-20. 2012

..To obtain rich information about how adult Latinos living in high-poverty/high-drug use neighborhoods perceive and negotiate their environment...

OxyContin misuse on a reservation: qualitative reports by American Indians in talking circles

..We sought to estimate the prevalence of substance disorders for African Americans and Caribbean Blacks in the United States using data from the National Survey of American Life...

Prevalence of smoking and drinking among older adults in seven urban cities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Sunny KimEpidemiology and Biostatistics, Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USASubst Use Misuse 42:1455-75. 2007

..Smoking and daily drinking were highly prevalent among older adults. As the older adult population grows steeply, the health behavior of this population starts carrying important implications for health care systems...

Gender differences in predicting high-risk drinking among undergraduate students

..Both African and White respondents reported that their parents were their most frequent and usual sources of health-related information and said that parents and health professionals were the most credible sources...

Reliability and validity of brief measures of oral health-related knowledge, fatalism, and self-efficacy in mothers of African American children